Despair in Asian literature: exploring Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human in the light of existentialism, absurdism & critical disability theory
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022.
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10361-172252023-10-26T04:01:19Z Despair in Asian literature: exploring Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human in the light of existentialism, absurdism & critical disability theory Tofa, Halima Hasin Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad Department of English and Humanities, Brac University Asian literature Modern Japanese literature Dazai Osamu Existentialism Absurdism Despair Japanese literature --History and criticism This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59). Despair is common to the human experience regardless of any facet of one’s identity. In the course of studying literature in English, we often have little exposure to Asian literature despite Asian literature also exhibiting these themes such an existential crisis and despair. This paper attempts to make an effort in addressing the huge gap between Western and Asian literature by exploring the protagonist’s despair from the famous modern Japanese I-novel No Longer Human (人間失格). In an attempt to provide more dimensions to further the purpose of this paper, Yozo’s character and despair is also compared to Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov and Underground man, Camus’ Sisyphus and Meursault, and lastly Murakami’s Kafka Tamura and Toru Watanabe. Viewed under the lens of Sartre’s Existentialism, Camus’ Absurdism and Critical Disability Theory, the paper aims to analyze Yozo’s despair and find the ways the individual self interacted with modern Japanese society. Halima Hasin Tofa B.A. in English 2022-09-18T09:46:22Z 2022-09-18T09:46:22Z 2022 2022-05 Thesis ID 19103053 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/17225 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 59 pages application/pdf Brac University |
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This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022. |
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